diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 632e0dcb..e4ebe5ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,19 +80,11 @@ The generator will create an initializer file `config/initializers/mobility.rb`
 which looks something like this:
 
 ```ruby
-Mobility.configure do
-
-  # PLUGINS
-  plugins do
-    backend :key_value
-
-    active_record
-
-    reader
-    writer
-
-    # ...
-  end
+Mobility.configure do |config|
+  config.plugin(:backend, :key_value)
+  config.plugin(:active_record)
+  config.plugin(:reader)
+  config.plugin(:writer)
 end
 ```
 
@@ -101,12 +93,8 @@ with an optional default. To use a different default backend, you can
 change the default passed to the `backend` plugin, like this:
 
 ```diff
- Mobility.configure do
-
-   # PLUGINS
-   plugins do
--    backend :key_value
-+    backend :table
+-  config.plugin(:backend, :key_value)
++  config.plugin(:backend, :table)
 ```
 
 See other possible backends in the [backends section](#backends).
@@ -115,14 +103,8 @@ You can also set defaults for backend-specific options. Below, we set the
 default `type` option for the KeyValue backend to `:string`.
 
 ```diff
- Mobility.configure do
-
-   # PLUGINS
-   plugins do
--    backend :key_value
-+    backend :key_value, type: :string
-   end
- end
+-  config.plugin(:backend, :key_value)
++  config.plugin(:backend, :key_value, type: :string)
 ```
 
 We will assume the configuration above in the examples that follow.
@@ -137,11 +119,8 @@ Requirements:
 When configuring Mobility, ensure that you include the `sequel` plugin:
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   backend :key_value
-
--    active_record
-+    sequel
+-  config.plugin(:active_record)
++  config.plugin(:sequel)
 ```
 
 You can extend `Mobility` just like in ActiveRecord, or you can use the
@@ -284,9 +263,7 @@ accessors" in Mobility, and can be enabled by including the `locale_accessors`
 plugin, with a default set of accessors:
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-+  locale_accessors [:en, :ja]
++  config.plugin(:locale_accessors, [:en, :ja])
 ```
 
 You can also override this default from `translates` in any model:
@@ -332,9 +309,7 @@ defined for a given locale.)
 Ensure the plugin is enabled:
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-+  fallthrough_accessors
++  config.plugin(:fallthrough_accessors)
 ```
 
 ... then we can access any locale we want, without specifying them upfront:
@@ -457,10 +432,8 @@ Mobility offers basic support for translation fallbacks. First, enable the
 `fallbacks` plugin:
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-+  fallbacks
-+  locale_accessors
++  config.plugin(:fallbacks)
++  config.plugin(:locale_accessors)
 ```
 
 Fallbacks will require `fallthrough_accessors` to handle methods like
@@ -564,9 +537,7 @@ fallbacks](https://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/wiki/Fallbacks).
 Another option is to assign a default value, using the `default` plugin:
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-+  default 'foo'
++  config.plugin(:default, 'foo')
 ```
 
 Here we've set a "default default" of `'foo'`, which will be returned if a fetch would
@@ -617,10 +588,7 @@ have enabled an ORM plugin (either `active_record` or `sequel`), since the
 dirty plugin will depend on one of these being enabled.
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-   active_record
-+  dirty
++  config.plugin(:dirty)
 ```
 
 (Once enabled globally, the dirty plugin can be selectively disabled on classes
@@ -707,9 +675,7 @@ can be quickly retrieved again. The cache plugin is included in the default
 configuration created by the install generator:
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-+  cache
++  config.plugin(:cache)
 ```
 
 It can be disabled selectively per model by passing `cache: false` when
@@ -737,10 +703,7 @@ this feature, include the `query` plugin, and ensure you also have an ORM
 plugin enabled (`active_record` or `sequel`):
 
 ```diff
- plugins do
-   # ...
-   active_record
-+  query
++  config.plugin(:query)
 ```
 
 Querying defines a scope or dataset class method, whose default name is `i18n`.
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/mobility/templates/initializer.rb b/lib/rails/generators/mobility/templates/initializer.rb
index 895b08a8..2b8efaa5 100644
--- a/lib/rails/generators/mobility/templates/initializer.rb
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/mobility/templates/initializer.rb
@@ -1,129 +1,133 @@
-Mobility.configure do
-  # PLUGINS
-  plugins do
-    # Backend
-    #
-    # Sets the default backend to use in models. This can be overridden in models
-    # by passing +backend: ...+ to +translates+.
-    #
-    # To default to a different backend globally, replace +:key_value+ by another
-    # backend name.
-    #
-    backend :key_value
+Mobility.configure do |config|
+  # Backend
+  #
+  # Sets the default backend to use in models. This can be overridden in models
+  # by passing +backend: ...+ to +translates+.
+  #
+  # To default to a different backend globally, replace +:key_value+ by another
+  # backend name.
+  #
+  config.plugin(:backend, :key_value)
 
-    # ActiveRecord
-    #
-    # Defines ActiveRecord as ORM, and enables ActiveRecord-specific plugins.
-    active_record
+  # ActiveRecord
+  #
+  # Defines ActiveRecord as ORM, and enables ActiveRecord-specific plugins.
+  config.plugin(:active_record)
 
-    # Accessors
-    #
-    # Define reader and writer methods for translated attributes. Remove either
-    # to disable globally, or pass +reader: false+ or +writer: false+ to
-    # +translates+ in any translated model.
-    #
-    reader
-    writer
+  # Accessors
+  #
+  # Define reader and writer methods for translated attributes. Remove either
+  # to disable globally, or pass +reader: false+ or +writer: false+ to
+  # +translates+ in any translated model.
+  #
+  config.plugin(:reader)
+  config.plugin(:writer)
 
-    # Backend Reader
-    #
-    # Defines reader to access the backend for any attribute, of the form
-    # +<attribute>_backend+.
-    #
-    backend_reader
-    #
-    # Or pass an interpolation string to define a different pattern:
-    # backend_reader "%s_translations"
+  # Backend Reader
+  #
+  # Defines reader to access the backend for any attribute, of the form
+  # +<attribute>_backend+.
+  #
+  config.plugin(:backend_reader)
+  #
+  # Or pass an interpolation string to define a different pattern:
+  # backend_reader "%s_translations"
 
-    # Query
-    #
-    # Defines a scope on the model class which allows querying on
-    # translated attributes. The default scope is named +i18n+, pass a different
-    # name as default to change the global default, or to +translates+ in any
-    # model to change it for that model alone.
-    #
-    query
+  # Query
+  #
+  # Defines a scope on the model class which allows querying on
+  # translated attributes. The default scope is named +i18n+, pass a different
+  # name as default to change the global default, or to +translates+ in any
+  # model to change it for that model alone.
+  #
+  config.plugin(:query)
 
-    # Cache
-    #
-    # Comment out to disable caching reads and writes.
-    #
-    cache
+  # Cache
+  #
+  # Comment out to disable caching reads and writes.
+  #
+  config.plugin(:cache)
 
-    # Dirty
-    #
-    # Uncomment this line to include and enable globally:
-    # dirty
-    #
-    # Or uncomment this line to include but disable by default, and only enable
-    # per model by passing +dirty: true+ to +translates+.
-    # dirty false
-    
-    # Column Fallback
-    #
-    # Uncomment line below to fallback to original column. You can pass
-    # +column_fallback: true+ to +translates+ to return original column on
-    # default locale, or pass +column_fallback: [:en, :de]+ to +translates+
-    # to return original column for those locales or pass
-    # +column_fallback: ->(locale) { ... }+ to +translates to evaluate which
-    # locales to return original column for.
-    # column_fallback
-    #
-    # Or uncomment this line to enable column fallback with a global default.
-    # column_fallback true
+  # Dirty
+  #
+  # Uncomment this line to include and enable globally:
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:dirty)
+  #
+  # Or uncomment this line to include but disable by default, and only enable
+  # per model by passing +dirty: true+ to +translates+.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:dirty, false)
 
-    # Fallbacks
-    #
-    # Uncomment line below to enable fallbacks, using +I18n.fallbacks+.
-    # fallbacks
-    #
-    # Or uncomment this line to enable fallbacks with a global default.
-    # fallbacks(pt: :en)
+  # Column Fallback
+  #
+  # Uncomment line below to fallback to original column. You can pass
+  # +column_fallback: true+ to +translates+ to return original column on
+  # default locale, or pass +column_fallback: [:en, :de]+ to +translates+
+  # to return original column for those locales or pass
+  # +column_fallback: ->(locale) { ... }+ to +translates to evaluate which
+  # locales to return original column for.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:column_fallback)
+  #
+  # Or uncomment this line to enable column fallback with a global default.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:column_fallback, true)
 
-    # Presence
-    #
-    # Converts blank strings to nil on reads and writes. Comment out to
-    # disable.
-    #
-    presence
+  # Fallbacks
+  #
+  # Uncomment line below to enable fallbacks, using +I18n.fallbacks+.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:fallbacks)
+  #
+  # Or uncomment this line to enable fallbacks with a global default.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(fallbacks, { pt: :en })
 
-    # Default
-    #
-    # Set a default translation per attributes. When enabled, passing +default:
-    # 'foo'+ sets a default translation string to show in case no translation is
-    # present. Can also be passed a proc.
-    #
-    # default 'foo'
+  # Presence
+  #
+  # Converts blank strings to nil on reads and writes. Comment out to
+  # disable.
+  #
+  config.plugin(:presence)
 
-    # Fallthrough Accessors
-    #
-    # Uses method_missing to define locale-specific accessor methods like
-    # +title_en+, +title_en=+, +title_fr+, +title_fr=+ for each translated
-    # attribute. If you know what set of locales you want to support, it's
-    # generally better to use Locale Accessors (or both together) since
-    # +method_missing+ is very slow.  (You can use both fallthrough and locale
-    # accessor plugins together without conflict.)
-    #
-    # fallthrough_accessors
+  # Default
+  #
+  # Set a default translation per attributes. When enabled, passing +default:
+  # 'foo'+ sets a default translation string to show in case no translation is
+  # present. Can also be passed a proc.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:default, 'foo')
 
-    # Locale Accessors
-    #
-    # Uses +def+ to define accessor methods for a set of locales. By default uses
-    # +I18n.available_locales+, but you can pass the set of locales with
-    # +translates+ and/or set a global default here.
-    #
-    # locale_accessors
-    #
-    # Or define specific defaults by uncommenting line below
-    # locale_accessors [:en, :ja]
+  # Fallthrough Accessors
+  #
+  # Uses method_missing to define locale-specific accessor methods like
+  # +title_en+, +title_en=+, +title_fr+, +title_fr=+ for each translated
+  # attribute. If you know what set of locales you want to support, it's
+  # generally better to use Locale Accessors (or both together) since
+  # +method_missing+ is very slow.  (You can use both fallthrough and locale
+  # accessor plugins together without conflict.)
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:fallthrough_accessors)
 
-    # Attribute Methods
-    #
-    # Adds translated attributes to +attributes+ hash, and defines methods
-    # +translated_attributes+ and +untranslated_attributes+ which return hashes
-    # with translated and untranslated attributes, respectively. Be aware that
-    # this plugin can create conflicts with other gems.
-    #
-    # attribute_methods
-  end
+  # Locale Accessors
+  #
+  # Uses +def+ to define accessor methods for a set of locales. By default uses
+  # +I18n.available_locales+, but you can pass the set of locales with
+  # +translates+ and/or set a global default here.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:locale_accessors)
+  #
+  # Or define specific defaults by uncommenting line below
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:locale_accessors, [:en, :ja])
+
+  # Attribute Methods
+  #
+  # Adds translated attributes to +attributes+ hash, and defines methods
+  # +translated_attributes+ and +untranslated_attributes+ which return hashes
+  # with translated and untranslated attributes, respectively. Be aware that
+  # this plugin can create conflicts with other gems.
+  #
+  # config.plugin(:attribute_methods)
 end
diff --git a/spec/generators/rails/mobility/install_generator_spec.rb b/spec/generators/rails/mobility/install_generator_spec.rb
index cba3f5dc..d3fe2a95 100644
--- a/spec/generators/rails/mobility/install_generator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/generators/rails/mobility/install_generator_spec.rb
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@
           directory "initializers" do
             file "mobility.rb" do
               contains "Mobility.configure do"
-              contains "plugins do"
-              contains "backend :key_value"
-              contains "backend_reader"
-              contains "query"
+              contains "config.plugin(:backend, :key_value)"
+              contains "config.plugin(:backend_reader)"
+              contains "config.plugin(:query)"
             end
           end
         end